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No Service Tax on Legal Services by Advocate to Law Firm Bombay HC

Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...

March 7, 2026 669 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Speaker Payments for Leadership Summit Not Event Management Service: SC

Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...

January 20, 2026 468 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Applicable on Export Cargo Handling at Airports: SC

Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...

November 6, 2025 552 Views 0 comment Print

Legal Services under the Service Tax Regime

Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...

September 14, 2025 1443 Views 0 comment Print

Affiliation Fees – No Service Tax Can Be Demanded: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...

August 29, 2025 951 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Black fungus – Evidence Based Advisory in the Time of Covid-19

Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...

May 17, 2021 1443 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Department issuing illegal SCN for FY 2014-15

Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...

January 5, 2021 75486 Views 15 comments Print

Director of a company arrested for evasion of Service Tax

Service Tax :  Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...

July 12, 2018 3066 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Pre Budget 2018 Suggestion on Service Tax, Cenvat Credit Rules, Excise Duty, Custom Duty & CST

Service Tax : A suitable amnesty scheme must be thought of for all Central Laws and State Laws which have been merged in GST in one go to reduce...

December 28, 2017 2157 Views 0 comment Print

Summary of CAG Audit Report on Service Tax for Year ending on March 2017

Service Tax : Section 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that t...

December 21, 2017 2109 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Grants Cum-Tax Benefit as Service Tax Was Not Collected Separately: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : The CESTAT Chennai held that where service tax was not separately recovered from recipients, the gross receipts must be treated as...

May 28, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Dismisses Delayed Service Tax Challenge Filed After Four Years

Service Tax : The High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a service tax order due to an inordinate delay of nearly four years. The Cour...

May 28, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Remands Service Tax Case Due to Failure to File Grounds of Appeal in ST-4 Form

Service Tax : The Mumbai CESTAT remanded a service tax dispute after finding that the appellant failed to include grounds of appeal in the presc...

May 25, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Refund Claim Cannot Be Rejected Without Examining Double Service Tax Payment and Credit Eligibility

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi set aside the refund rejection order after finding that issues relating to double payment of service tax and CENVAT c...

May 25, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

Srvice tax exemption cannot be denied for late EXP-1 & EXP-2 form filing

Service Tax : CESTAT ruled that the Department failed to consider ST-3 returns and service tax already discharged by the assessee. The Tribunal ...

May 24, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd.

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. vide Order No. 08/202...

May 9, 2023 1974 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s A.K. Construction Co.

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s A.K. Construction Co. vide Order No. 07 /2023-...

May 4, 2023 936 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Hi-tech Equipment Services

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Hi-tech Equipment Services vide Order No. 06/2...

May 4, 2023 798 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...

May 4, 2023 852 Views 0 comment Print

Payment of Service Tax by department of Posts & Ministry of Railways by way of book adjustment

Service Tax : CBIC earlier noted that the practice of payment of Service tax by way of book adjustment adopted by the Department of Posts and th...

March 21, 2023 2136 Views 0 comment Print


No Service Tax on Services Provided in India on behalf of Recipient Located Outside India

July 23, 2015 5730 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant is an agent of Western Union on whose behalf appellant is disbursing money to the persons directed by Western Union who is located outside India. Revenue is of the view that as the service has been performed in India therefore, the service is received by Western Union in India.

Recovery proceedings U/s. 87 of Finance Act before adjudication of SCN is not permissible

July 22, 2015 10975 Views 2 comments Print

Thus, if an assessee declares amount of Service tax payable by him in his ST-3 Return (on self-assessment) but does not pay the Service tax, immediate recovery proceedings can be initiated under Section 87 of Finance Act, without even issuing any SCN.

Reverse charge in Service Tax

July 21, 2015 11508 Views 0 comment Print

For minimisation of service tax evasion central government extended the liability of service tax payment from provider of service to recipient of service. In other word in some cases service recipient pays service tax. As per rule 2(1)(d) of SERVICE TAX RULES, 1994 followings services are under preview of Reverse charge -:

Physical meeting of Commissioners not required u/s 86(2) of Finance Act, 1994

July 20, 2015 900 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble High Court held that the Section 86(2) does not state as to the manner in which Committee of Commissioners have to arrive at a decision as to whether an appeal should be preferred against the order of Commissioner of Central Excise.

Service Tax Recovered but not paid to Government is Tax Evasion

July 20, 2015 19057 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent judgment the Hon’ble Tribunal in the case of M/s IWI CROGENIC VAPORIZATION SYSTEMS INDIA Vs Commissioner of Central Excise Vadodar (2015-TIOL-1458-CESTAT-AHM) has held that recovering tax from the service recipients and not paying the same to Department has to be treated as evasion of service tax with an intention to evade

Back to Back Works Contract under Service Tax – Brief Analysis

July 18, 2015 10869 Views 0 comment Print

Works contract, as understood in trade, means a composite contract involving both supply of goods and provision of service. As per Article 366(29A) of the Constitution of India, transfer of property involved in goods in the execution of works contracts are considered as deemed sale. The service tax levy on “works contract” was specifically introduced way back in 01.06.2007.

Supervising & Liasioning in relation to loading goods cannot be classified as C & F Agents services

July 17, 2015 2262 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant does not even undertake any loading operation. The primary job of the appellant, as per the contract between the appellant and the Ambuja companies, is of supervising and liasioning with the coal company

Revised Guidelines on Conducting Manual Scrutiny of Service Tax Returns to come into Operation from 1st August, 2015

July 17, 2015 1517 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Excise and Customs had issued detailed guidelines in 2009 to its field formations on conducting detailed manual scrutiny of service tax returns. In view of the legal changes brought about by the Negative List based taxation of services and administrative changes like creation of separate Commissionrates for Audit etc, these guidelines […]

Services directly or indirectly used in relation to manufacture of final products are eligible for Cenvat credit

July 16, 2015 2403 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab & Haryana High Court in the case of Bellsonica Auto Components India Private Limited held that services directly or indirectly used in relation to manufacture of final products are eligible for Cenvat credit.

Service Charges Collected by Restaurants/Hotels is not Service Tax

July 15, 2015 4206 Views 0 comment Print

It is clarified that these ‘service charges’ collected by the restaurants/hotels/eateries are retained by the restaurants/hotels/eateries and are not ‘service tax’ imposed by the Government.

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